commentary

Cory Morgan Commentary Although Canadians are suffering under the highest inflationary pressures seen in 40 years, the federal government appears hell-bent on increasing the cost of living further. While the…

Iain T. Benson Barry W. Bussey Commentary A complaint to the Canadian Judicial Council (CJC) was recently filed concerning comments made by the Right Honourable Richard Wagner, chief justice of…

Rav Arora Commentary On Twitter recently, COVID realists were supporting and cheering the public acknowledgement of vaccine risks in the young by Ontario’s Chief Medical Officer of Health Dr. Kieran…

Jeffrey A. Tucker Commentary I was visiting with a friend who told me an all-too-familiar story. Her teenage niece adores TikTok. Too much. She spends many hours a day on…

Michael Zwaagstra All students can learn. This should be a basic maxim for every teacher. The last thing any good teacher does is write students off before giving them a…

John Robson Commentary Is government in Canada broken? Opinions seem divided between the Marie Antoinettes inside the palaces and the peasants who are revolting. But as an economist and a…

Cory Morgan Commentary Canada’s government is addicted to control and uses COVID-19 to get its fix. While nations around the world are dropping all pandemic control requirements at airports, from…

Barry Cooper Commentary Universities have traditionally been the home and sponsor of critics and commentators, but as institutions they are neither critics nor commentators. Like the Governor General, the university…

John Robson Commentary Nothing, not even maple syrup, can rival the cottage as a Canadian icon. But lately our love affair with nature is becoming a bit of a non-country…

Cory Morgan Commentary Canada’s descent into authoritarianism was illustrated July 1 when we saw citizens being herded through metal detectors and having their bags searched under a heavy security presence…